Jamie Murray`s hopes of making up for brother Andy`s Wimbledon semi-final defeat by Roger Federer ended in disappointment when he and partner John Peers lost the men`s doubles final to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau on Saturday.

Martina Hingis reached her first Wimbledon finals for 17 years Friday when she and Sania Mirza qualified for the women`s doubles championship match before she teamed with Leander Paes to make the mixed doubles final.

A fresh-faced Spaniard who has a love-hate relationship with grass will be eager to prove in Saturday`s Wimbledon final that the mighty Serena Williams is as human as the next person with blood, and not ice, pumping through her veins.

Karolina Pliskova, the tall, steep-serving Czech with the tattoos and an increasing penchant for grass, beat both the rain and the week`s greatest giant-killer to reach the final in Birmingham on Saturday.

Manchester United legend Ruud van Nistelrooy on Friday offered Juventus some advice on how to stop Barcelona's fabled attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar during Saturday’s Champions League final here.

Former Italy skipper Paolo Maldini said on Friday Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon "deserves" to win the Champions League for being the best goalkeeper of the last three decades as his side take on FC Barcelona in the final at Berlin on Saturday.

Barcelona Argentine star Leo Messi underlined that his teammates "have suffered a lot" to finally reach to the UEFA Champions League final on May 31 against Juventus in Berlin, and so he is thinking only about this clash.

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique allowed himself a brief moment to savour Saturday`s King’s Cup triumph over Athletic Bilbao before quickly turning his attention to the Champions League final against Juventus, the last leg of their treble tilt.